Author Archives: andy

Timothy Hallinan’s PI novel CRASHED launches what may well be one of the most exciting new private eye series to come along in years. Already optioned for television and film, CRASHED introduces Junior Bender, “the favorite burglar-turned-private-investigator of Hollywood crooks.” Since he first started breaking into houses when he was fourteen years old, Junior’s never once been caught by the law. In CRASHED he is blackmailed by Trey Annunziato, one of the most powerful crime bosses in LA, into acting …

  As any falconer quickly learns, the federal government has numerous regulations regarding birds of prey. Most of the laws serve a good purpose: to protect these noble creatures as the precious natural resource they are. But when combined with zealous tax enforcement, sometimes the rules can can result in bizarre consequences. The case of the illegal stuffed eagle as art is a case in point. Read all about it in this Wall Street Journal article by Eric Gibson. As Gibson …

A few months back I blogged about the UN’s attempted takeover of the Internet and why I think all writers and artists, not just big corporations like Google and Facebook, should be ardently opposing these efforts. Today is “cyber Monday,” online retailers answer to Black Friday. How ironic then that yesterday’s Wall Street Journal weekend edition carried yet another great column by L. Gordon Crovitz about the issue with even more detail about how Russian, China, Iran, and several Arab …

In honor of Veterans Day, I’ve put together this collection of military aircraft named after birds of prey.  (A work in progress–additions welcome.)